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Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:55am

(AP) — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has a suggestion for commuters who manage to make it to work in New York City from southwest Connecticut: You might want to stay put in the Big Apple — all week.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:55am

(AP) — Iraqi officials: Twin car bombings in southern city of Basra kill at least 10 people.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:51am

(AP) — Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has struck outside a provincial council building in the country's north, causing casualties.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:50am

(AP) — The Long Island college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:44am

(AP) — An official says a hot air balloon has crashed in central Turkey, killing one person and injuring 24 others on board.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:37am

(AP) — The cost of the 2014 Winter Games in the Russian city of Sochi now stands at $51 billion, making it the most expensive Olympics in history. More than half of the bill is being footed by Russian state-controlled companies and business tycoons. A look at what the major players are building in Sochi:

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:36am

(AP) — Officials say gunmen have killed a policeman who was guarding a polio vaccination team in northwestern Pakistan.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:34am

(AP) — The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:31am

(AP) — China's new premier says he chose India as the site of his first foreign visit because cooperation between the world's two most populous nations is crucial to world stability and economic growth.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:30am

(AP) — This year's commencement at Boston College looks to be notable for who will be there, as well as who won't.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:22am

(AP) — An international aid organization is appealing for more funds to help Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan, saying warmer weather will increase health risks due to lack of shelter, water and basic sanitation.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:22am

(AP) — The federal civil rights trial on the New York Police Department tactic of stop, question and frisk is ending after more than nine weeks of testimony.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:53am

(AP) — A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used by entrepreneurs.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:45am

(AP) — Colin Greening wore six stitches on his left cheek, and a wide smile, after Ottawa's double overtime playoff victory against Pittsburgh.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:41am

United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:38am

(AP) — A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used by entrepreneurs.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:28am

(AP) — The price of oil fell Monday ahead of the release later this week of economic data from the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies, and a speech by the Federal Reserve chief.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:23am

(AP) — Evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 1:05am

(AP) — David Murphy's three-run shot was barely enough against Miguel Cabrera's three home runs.

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 12:32am

(AP) — Authorities say a tornado that severely damaged a mobile home park southeast of Oklahoma City killed a 79-year-old man whose body was found in an open area of the neighborhood.